At Home and Abroad

Patrick Stefan In 2024 Patrick was chosen to perform at Folk Alliance International & Your Roots are Showing showcases, and for Whelan’s ‘Ones to Watch’. ​ A once-Fulbright scholar, Patrick left academia instead opted to follow the path of his father’s folk-singing- footsteps after collaborating with an array of artists like fiddler Martin Hayes (with the award-winning instrumental group Ensemble Ériu), Lisa Canny & 2017 Eurovision winner Luisa Sobral. After racking up over half a million streams on Superman - a star-studded 2020 soulful co-write with Uly & Rob de Boer, Patrick was tipped as by the likes of Nialler9 & BBC’s Across The Line for his unique sound. Patrick stefan is an Irish Arts Council Next Generation awardee, winner of the inaugural Night & Day festival song competition with the song Head Voices and an ISC songwriting semi-finalist. Patrick is endorsed by Tanglewood Guitars.